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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Inês Ferreira dos Santos da Cruz Martins Alves

Citation names

  • Alves, Inês
  • Alves, IM
  • Cruz, I
  • Inês Martins Alves

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5B13-C5C4-5785

Email addresses

  • inesma@ihmt.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Rua da Junqueira nº100, IHMT, 1349-008, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Catalan Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2013 - 2016
Concluded
 Saúde Pública (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Promoção e Protecção da Saúde
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
"Prevalência da C.trachomatis entre homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) que frequentam um centro clínico comunitário alternativo em Barcelona" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008 - 2013
Concluded
 Licenciatura Ciências da Saúde (Licenciatura)
Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Bolseira de Investigação Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical Biblioteca, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Assistência técnica Fundação Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, Portugal
Fundação Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, Portugal
2019 - 2020 COORDENADORA DE PROJETO VIDA - VOLUNTARIADO INTERNACIONAL PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO AFRICANO, Portugal
DIREÇÃO DE SERVIÇO DE SAÚDE COMUNITÁRIA, Guinea-Bissau
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - Current EUROPEAN COHORTS OF PATIENTS AND SCHOOLS TO ADVANCE RESPONSE TO EPIDEMICS - EUCARE
The EuCARE Project is funded by the European Union´s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 101046016.
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Francesca Incardona; Bellerba, Federica; Guilia Doi, Elisa Tomezzoli, Sara Raimondi, Pier Lopalco, Nills Bardeck, Gibran Quintanares, Chiara Mommo, Iuri Fanti; Andre Santos; Inês Martins Alves ; Abecasis A; Rolf Kaiser; Sara Gandini. "Learning loss and psychological outcomes in schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic: evidence from the EuCARE international cluster randomised trial". Paper presented in 23rd European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis 2025, 2025.
  2. Manuel Almeida; Maria Leonor Frazão; Cruz S. Sebastião; Mafalda N.S. Miranda; Alves, Inês; Pingarilho, Marta; Marta Giovanetti; Abecasis A; Pimentel, Victor. Corresponding author: Manuel Almeida. "Command-line tool to classify patients as exposed or naïve to antiretrovirals based on the HIV-1 pol gene using Hidden Markov Models". Paper presented in 23rd European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis 2025, 2025.
  3. Maria Leonor Frazão; Manuel Almeida; Cruz S. Sebastião; André Santos; Mafalda N.S. Miranda; Alves, Inês; Pingarilho, Marta; Abecasis A; Pimentel, Victor. Corresponding author: Maria Leonor Frazão. "A Machine Learning Approach for Classifying Integrase Inhibitor Resistance in HIV-1B Based on Viral Genetic Sequences Using a Random Forest Algorithm". Paper presented in 23rd European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis 2025, 2025.
  4. Francesca Incardona; Giulia Doi, Federica Bellerba, Andre Santos, Pier Luigi Lopalco; Valeria Gabellone, Nils Bardeck, Gibran Rubio Quintanares, Chiara Mommo, Rolf Kaiser, ; Alves, Inês; Abecasis, Ana; Sara Gandini. Corresponding author: Francesca Incardona. "EuCARE school project: effectiveness of the Lolli-Methode in managing Covid-19 clusters and positivity rates in schools". Paper presented in 23rd European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis 2025, 2025.
  5. Giulia Doi; Bellerba, Federica; Alves, Inês; Santos, André; EuCARE WP4; Abecasis AB. "Effectiveness of the Lolli-Method in managing COVID-19 clusters in schools: Insights from the EuCARE project". Paper presented in Pandemic Evidence Collaboration International Conference, 2025.
  6. Bellerba, Federica; Doi, Giulia; Alves, Inês; Santos Andre; EuCARE WP4; Abecasis AB. "Exploring mental health and learning loss of students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: an international study within the EuCARE project". Paper presented in Pandemic Evidence Collaboration International Conference, 2025.
  7. Alves D, Alves I, Miranda, Pimentel V, Seabra S, Raimondi S, Gandini S, Quintanares G, Lopalco P, D'Ecclesiis O, Chiocca. "Vigilância epidemiológica de SARS-CoV-2 numa coorte em escolas Portuguesas.". Paper presented in 14ª Jornadas de atualização em doenças infeciosas do Hospital Curry Cabral- CHULC, 2024.
  8. Seabra SG, Nunes M, Santos AF, Pimentel V, Moura A, Tomaz F, Seixas G, Alves IM, Miranda MNS, Alves D, Bero DM, Pereira. "Towards a simple and cost-effective protocol for viral surveillance in wastewaters". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotecnology 2023, 2023.
    Assistant staff
  9. Seabra SG, Nunes M, Santos AF, Pimentel V, Moura A, Tomaz F, Seixas G, Alves IM, Miranda MNS, Alves D, Bero DM, Pereira. "Viral surveillance in wastewaters: improving sample processing steps and bioinformatics protocols". Paper presented in 2nd Egas Moniz One Health Symposium, 2023.
    Assistant staff
  10. Bellerba F, Bardeck N, Kaiser R, Tomezzoli E, Abecasis A, Incardona F, Mommo C, Fanti I, Gabellone V, Vaglio G, Lopalco. "Preliminary results of the EuCare School opening during Omicron Variant". Paper presented in 21st European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis 2023, 2023.
    Assistant staff
  11. Alves, Inês. "Quantifying the Effect of Deep Brain Electrical Stimulation (DBS) on postural behavior of patients with Parkinson´s Disease during the initial weeks post- surgery". Paper presented in 3rd World Parkinson Congress, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Bellerba F, Bardeck N, Boehm M, D´ecclesiis O, Raimondi S, Tomezzoli E, Miranda M, Alves D, Alves I, Abecasis A, Gabello. "SARS-CoV-2 trends in Italy, Germany and Portugal and school opening during the Omicron variant: a quasi-experimental study". International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2023):
    Open access • Published • Assistant staff
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/09/03 Socio-demographic, behavioral and clinical characteristics of newly HIV-1 diagnosed migrants in Portugal between 2014 and 2019 2nd World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race & Health
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal)
2025/06 Early Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in a School Cohort Using Next-Generation Sequencing: Insights from the EUCARE Project 23rd European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis 2025
(Barcelona, Spain)
2024/12 Exploring mental health of students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: an international study within the EuCARE project 32nd International Biometric Conference (IBC2024)
The International Biometric Society (IBS) (Atlanta, United States)
2024/11/18 Epidemiological Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in a Cohort of Portuguese Schools International Conference NOVAHealth Tackling Pandemics: Strategies for Prevention, Preparedness and Response
NOVAHealth- Nova University Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/09/04 WP4 SCHOOLS COHORT Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in Schools: The EUCARE Initiative. EuCARE Annual Scientific Board Meeting
Vilnius University Hospital Santaros KLINIKOS (vilnius, Lithuania)
2023/05/21 Projeto EuCARE nas Escolas Portuguesas – números atuais. WeCARE for Schools 2023
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/05/03 Coorte Escolar EuCARE. Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/04/28 EuCARE Schools Study in Portugal: Update on participants inclusion and data collection. AREVIR MEETING
EuResist (Colónia, Germany)
2015/09 Prevalence study of asymptomatic STI among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) in a nonclinical setting in Barcelona 29th European Conference on Sexually Transmitted Infections
(Barcelona, Spain)
2013/04 Quantificação da Acção da Estimulação Eléctrica Cerebral Profunda no Comportamento Postural, de Doentes com Doença de Parkinson. IV Jornadas Ciências da Saúde
Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz (Monte da Caparica, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/05/11 - 2025/05/15 The International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting (ViBioM) is the pioneering conference that unites leading scientists at the intersection of virology and bioinformatics, fostering collaboration and innovation in the study of viruses. (2025/05/11 - 2025/05/15)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2024/11/29 - 2024/11/30 O workshop realizado na Universidade IULM. Organizado no âmbito do projeto EuCARE: European Cohorts of Patients and Schools to Advance Response to Epidemics, o workshop foca nos impactos sociais e epidemiológicos da pandemia de COVID-19, bem como nas medidas de mitigação implementadas em resposta. Em particular, o evento apresentará os resultados dos estudos clínicos da EuCARE SCHOOLS, com o objetivo de fornecer evidências científicas sobre as melhores estratégias para lidar com emergências pandêmicas do ponto de vista das escolas. (2024/11/29 - 2024/11/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade IULM, Italy

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2024/05/10 - 2024/05/10 Colaboração na organização do dia aberto do Instituto e Higiene e Medicina Tropical. (2024/05/10 - 2024/05/10)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2023/10/23 - 2023/10/24 Reunião anual do concelho cientifico do EuCARE. A reunião teve como tema principal o estado do projeto e o caminho a seguir para melhorar. A reunião decorreu nos dias 23 e 24 de outubro com discussões presenciais, partilha de conhecimentos e ciência. Houve também sessões paralelas onde foi apresentado o trabalho realizado pelos Workpackages envolvidos no projeto e foram apresentadas propostas para novos projetos. (2023/10/23 - 2023/10/24)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal
2023/05/12 - 2023/05/12 Eventos simultâneos em Portugal, Itália e México. Resultados preliminares relativos à coorte EuCARE das escolas. Evento de forma híbrida com a participação de diretores, coordenadores, professores e membros de associações de pais e alunos. (2023/05/12 - 2023/05/12)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Portugal